Oxfam América Latina y el Caribe

What Oxfam América Latina y el Caribe does

Oxfam América Latina y el Caribe ('Oxfam LAC') is the regional office of Oxfam International, a global civil society confederation with presence in 76 countries and 13 country offices across Latin America and the Caribbean. Headquartered in Guatemala City, the organization operates as a feminist NGO focused on ending poverty and inequality, with five programmatic axes: economic justice, gender justice, climate justice, civic space, and humanitarian action. It does not develop or sell technology products; its core capabilities are research generation, policy analysis, evidence-based advocacy, and field program delivery implemented in collaboration with 49 partner organizations (socias y aliadas).

Its core 'products' are research and policy reports (e.g., DESIGUALDAD S.A., ECONONUESTRA, El Saqueo, Rompiendo Moldes, A fuego y mercurio), advocacy campaigns (Escazú COP4, Santa Marta Conference 2026, ECONONUESTRA), regional and country programs (Central America Regional Program, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras), and knowledge tools such as the Monitor de Defensores de la Tierra y el Territorio. The organization also runs programs through affiliated country entities in Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil. There is no software-as-a-service product, API, or proprietary technology platform.

Oxfam LAC is funded through donations, international development assistance, and institutional grants from governments and foundations via the Oxfam Confederation; it does not generate commercial revenue, and all programs and publications are provided free of charge to beneficiaries and the public. Its go-to-market is community-led: direct engagement with local partner organizations, civil society, and feminist movements, combined with high-profile event-driven advocacy at forums such as IAFFE, COP4 Escazú, Santa Marta, and the World Economic Forum.

Name

Oxfam América Latina y el Caribe

Legal name

Oxfam América Latina y el Caribe

Website

https://lac.oxfam.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Oxfam América Latina y el Caribe is the regional office of Oxfam International, operating as a feminist NGO in 13 countries with research, advocacy, and field programs on economic, gender, climate, and civic justice. It works with 49 partner organizations to advance policy reform and humanitarian response for marginalized populations across the region.

Ownership category

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Product category

International humanitarian and development services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311)

akta.pro primary industry

Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning (MERL) (BPAGABAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Democracy, Human Rights & Governance Assistance (BPADABAG), Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Risk Management (BPADALAK), Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus & Resilience Programming (BPADAEAK), Disaster Preparedness, Risk Reduction & Early Warning (DRR) (BPAGAAAB)

Keywords

• Humanitarian response services
• International development programs
• Economic justice research
• Gender justice advocacy
• Climate justice programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Latinoamérica

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. International Development Funding and Donations: Oxfam LAC operates as part of the Oxfam Confederation, funded through international development assistance, charitable donations, and institutional funding from governments and foundations. The organization does not generate commercial revenue.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Oxfam LAC implements community programs and humanitarian interventions, produces research and policy analysis, and conducts advocacy on economic justice, climate justice, gender justice, civic-space protection, and humanitarian action across Latin America and the Caribbean. It works with local partner organizations, communities, and civil society movements to combine field delivery, evidence generation, and policy change.

Product overview

Oxfam América Latina y el Caribe is a regional office of the global Oxfam confederation, operating as a feminist humanitarian and advocacy organization rather than a technology product company. Its core offerings consist of research and policy reports addressing inequality and injustice, advocacy campaigns on economic, gender, and climate justice, country and regional programs implementing humanitarian and development work, and tools like the Monitor de Defensores for documenting attacks on environmental defenders. The organization's main products are its publications (annual inequality reports, thematic briefs, country-specific analyses), programmatic interventions in 13 countries, and advocacy initiatives at regional and global forums. Oxfam does not offer a software-as-a-service product, API, or technology platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 19.5 million people impacted globally by Oxfam programs in the last year
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• DAWN (Mujeres por un Desarrollo Alternativo para una Nueva Era)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2026DAWN, a global network of feminist scholars and activists, co-organizes with Oxfam and FES the Plataforma de Acción para la Economía Feminista en América Latina y el Caribe, presented at IAFFE 2026 in Cali, Colombia. The partnership focuses on feminist economics, fiscal justice, care economy, and debt.
• Fundación Friedrich Ebert (FES)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2026The Friedrich Ebert Stiftung partners with Oxfam and DAWN to co-develop and launch the Plataforma de Acción para la Economía Feminista en América Latina y el Caribe, a regional initiative to strengthen feminist economic agendas in the region.
• Tax Justice NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2026Tax Justice Network co-organizes with Oxfam, DAWN, and DeJusticia the panel 'Feminist Taxation for the Achievement of Democracy and Human Rights' at IAFFE 2026, advancing feminist approaches to tax justice.
• DeJusticiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2026Colombian human rights organization DeJusticia partners with Oxfam, Tax Justice Network, and DAWN on the IAFFE 2026 panel about feminist taxation and human rights, combining legal expertise with advocacy.
• Consejo Consultivo Permanente de la Sociedad Civil (CCPSC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 May 2026Oxfam LAC is a member of the CCPSC, which presented a roadmap to strengthen the Regional Platform for Tax Cooperation for Latin America and the Caribbean (PT-LAC) during its new presidency under the Dominican Republic.
• Plataforma Regional de Cooperación Tributaria para América Latina y el Caribe (PT-LAC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026PT-LAC is a regional platform for tax cooperation in which Oxfam participates through the CCPSC, contributing recommendations on progressive taxation, fiscal benefits, and environmental taxation.
• POLEN Transiciones JustascoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 April 2026POLEN Transiciones Justas co-organized with Oxfam the dialogue 'Can Latin America reindustrialize in a green and just way?' at the Santa Marta Conference, focused on economic and productive conditions for a just energy transition.
• La Ruta del ClimamajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 April 2026La Ruta del Clima collaborated on the side event 'From Courts to Action: Operationalizing Legal Obligations for a Just Transition' at the Santa Marta Conference, addressing climate obligations and human rights.
• Oxfam ColombiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 April 2026Oxfam Colombia partnered with allied organizations to host the 'Feria de las Alternativas' at the Santa Marta Conference, bringing together over 30 community leaders to showcase energy and productive alternatives built from territories.
• Grupo de Justicia Ecológica y AmbientalmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2026The Group co-organizes with Oxfam, Red Ecofeminista Latinoamericana y del Caribe, Red Nacional del Agua de Colombia, Red de Defensoras del Medio Ambiente y el Buen Vivir, and others the event '¿Quién defiende a las defensoras?' at COP4 Escazú.
• Red Ecofeminista Latinoamericana y del CaribemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2026The network co-organizes the COP4 Escazú event on women environmental defenders with Oxfam and other partners, focusing on barriers to justice for women defenders in Latin America.
• Plataforma de la AmazoníacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2026Partner in the Amazomorfosis initiative — a policy brief on Amazon territoriality, life at risk, and resilience — presented at COP4 Escazú, addressing extractivism and environmental defenders in the Amazon.
• Coalición Global por Reparaciones (180+ organizations)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2026Over 180 organizations including Oxfam formed a global coalition at the Santa Marta Conference to push for recognition of climate reparations as a central pillar of the energy transition.
• Coalición de ReparacionescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 February 2026The Reparations Coalition, including Oxfam and 70+ NGOs, issued an Open Letter to the Santa Marta Conference demanding explicit inclusion of international legal responsibility and climate reparations in the conference agenda.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Mercy Corps: Mercy Corps is an international nonprofit providing emergency relief, resilience, economic opportunity, and civil-society support in crisis-affected markets. It compares through partner-enabled program delivery, donor funding, climate and humanitarian work, and a comparable regional operating footprint.
• ActionAid International: ActionAid is a global rights-based nonprofit that combines local partnerships, service delivery, campaigning, and policy advocacy on poverty, gender, climate, and humanitarian issues. Its feminist governance and alliance-led operating model closely match Oxfam LAC's combination of community programs and structural advocacy.
• Plan International: Plan International implements child-rights, girls' empowerment, humanitarian, and development programs while advocating for policy change. Its work with local partners and emphasis on gender justice make it a close operating and mission peer to Oxfam LAC.
• CARE International: CARE International is a global humanitarian and development network focused on poverty, gender equality, climate resilience, and emergency response. It is comparable through its donor-funded programs, local implementing partners, regional country presence, and integration of service delivery with advocacy.
• International Rescue Committee: The International Rescue Committee provides emergency response, health, protection, and long-term recovery programs for people affected by conflict and disaster. It is a direct peer in humanitarian delivery, donor-funded operations, local partnerships, and the transition from immediate assistance to resilience programming.
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies: The IFRC coordinates a global humanitarian network focused on disaster response, preparedness, health, and community resilience through national member organizations. Its decentralized partner network and disaster-risk work closely parallel Oxfam LAC's locally delivered humanitarian and resilience programs.
• Save the Children International: Save the Children International is a global nonprofit delivering humanitarian assistance and long-term development programs, particularly for children and marginalized communities. Its multi-country network, institutional funding, research, and rights-based advocacy are directly comparable to Oxfam LAC's model.

Broad incumbents

• Global Witness: Global Witness investigates environmental and land conflicts, attacks on defenders, corruption, and illicit financial flows linked to natural resources. It is narrower than Oxfam LAC, but its defender monitoring, evidence-led advocacy, and climate-reparation focus align closely with several Oxfam LAC programs.
• Amnesty International: Amnesty International is a global human-rights organization that conducts research, mobilizes public action, and campaigns against rights abuses. Although it focuses more on advocacy than direct development programs, its research-led campaigns on gender, civic space, and state accountability overlap substantially with Oxfam LAC.
• Human Rights Watch: Human Rights Watch investigates and publicizes human-rights abuses and advocates with governments and international institutions. Its evidence generation, public reporting, and defense of activists make it a relevant comparator for Oxfam LAC's policy-research and civic-space work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

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